After: The Shock: A post-apocalyptic thriller

· After Book 1 · Haunted Computer Books
4.0
791 reviews
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"One of the best writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, DARK MATTER


The first book in the AFTER post-apocalyptic thriller series from an international bestselling author. For fans of post-apocalyptic, zombie, and doomsday thriller fiction.

AFTER: THE SHOCK

A massive solar storm erases the world's technological infrastructure and kills billions. While the remaining humans are struggling to adapt and survive, they notice that some among them have...changed.

Rachel Wheeler finds herself alone in the city, where violent survivors known as "Zapheads" roam the streets, killing and destroying. Her only hope is to reach the mountains, where her grandfather, a legendary survivalist, established a compound in preparation for Doomsday.

Other survivors are fleeing the city, but Zapheads aren't the only danger. Rogue bands of military soldiers want to impose their own order in the crumbling ruins of civilization. When Rachel discovers a 10-year-old boy, she vows to care for him even if it means her own chances of escaping are lower.

And the Zapheads that were once simple to evade are evolving, developing communal skills even as they lay waste to the society they will eventually replace. 

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"Nobody thrills like Nicholson does. Nobody." - J.A. Konrath

"Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares." - Bentley Little, The Mailman

Ratings and reviews

4.0
791 reviews
Alyssa Luera
November 7, 2019
The book starts off a little jumbled, but stick with it...it's so worth it. A nightmare rollercoaster that grabs on and won't let go. Forget binge watching shows, I want to binge read this whole series.
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John Harvey
May 22, 2016
The characters are somewhat flat and cliché at times, and there's nothing about the story that really makes me want to read the rest of the series. If you're looking for post-apocalyptic survival, read Breakers instead.
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Diana Miller
March 29, 2015
The story would have been a definite 4 star if there was more. More character development. Shorter sentences to create more of a suspense , more dire language. More everything to get me the reader to care, become involved and enveloped into the story
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About the author

 Scott Nicholson is the author of more than 30 thrillers in the tradition of Stephen King and Dean Koontz, including the After post-apocalyptic series, the Solom supernatural series, The Red ChurchThe HomeThe Harvest, and more. He's a guitar player and organic gardener in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. His website is www.AuthorScottNicholson.com. 

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